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CVE-1999-1022

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.2 Published: 1994-10-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.

Affected Platforms

Sgi Irix

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References